List of Uruguayans explained

Listed below are notable people from Uruguay.

Artists

See also: List of Uruguayan artists.

• Rodolfo Arotxarena
• Pablo Atchugarry
• José Belloni
• Juan Manuel Blanes
• Juan José Calandria
• Carlos Capelán
• Pedro Figari
• Carlos María Herrera
• Edward Johnston
• Carlos Páez Vilaró
• Virginia Patrone
• María Carmen Portela
• Hermenegildo Sábat
• Martín Sastre
• Felipe Seade
• Joaquín Torres García
• Daniel Pontet
• Eduardo Vernazza

Vedettes, singers, actors, dancers and models

• Alicia Alfonso (born 1963) actress
• Marcelo Buquet actor and former model
• César Campodónico actor
• Eunice Castro fashion-runway model, professional theater dancer, television and runway hostess and actress of stage and screen
• Mateo Chiarino (born 1983) actor, writer, and director
• Mary da Cuña (1942–2016) actress and theater director
• George DelHoyo American theater and television actor, born in Canelones
• Virginia Dobrich professional theater and television dancer
• Mónica Farro theatrical supervedette, model and professional theater and television actress
• Tina Ferreira carnival and theater vedette, dancer and journalist
• Delfi Galbiati theatre actor
• Andrea Ghidone vedette, fashion model, professional dancer and actress of theater and television
• Daniel Hendler film, television, and theatre actor
• Osvaldo Laport film and television actor
• Laura Martínez (born 1964) actress, dancer, television star
• María Mendive (born 1968) actress and theater director
• Mónica Mesones model and TV presenter
• Bárbara Mori telenovela and film actress and model
• Natalia Oreiro Latin Grammy-nominated singer, actress and fashion designer
• María Padín (1888–1970) actress and producer
• Pelusa Vera (born 1940) theater, radio, and television actress
• Imilce Viñas (1939–2009) actress, comedian, teacher, and theater director
• China Zorrilla award-winning theater, film and television actress

Musicians

See main article: List of Uruguayan musicians.

• • Miguel del Aguila Jorge Drexler, Academy Award winner^[1]
• Enrique Graf
• Pablo Sciuto
• José Serebrier
• Alfredo Zitarrosa
• Edgardo Cambón
• Mariana Ingold
• Martín López
• Eduardo Mateo
• Martín Méndez
• Rubén Rada
• Jaime Roos
• Gabe Saporta
• Erwin Schrott
• Julio Sosa
• Daniel Viglietti
• Malena Muyala

Politics and military

• Gregorio Álvarez
• Juan José de Amézaga
• Mariano Arana
• Líber Arce (1938–1968), martyred student activist
• José Gervasio Artigas
• Danilo Astori
• Alfredo Baldomir
• Hugo Batalla
• Jorge Batlle
• José Batlle y Ordóñez
• Lorenzo Batlle
• Luis Batlle Berres
• Tomas Berreta
• Graciela Bianchi (born 1954), professor, politician, lawyer, notary
• Eduardo Blanco Acevedo
• Juan María Bordaberry
• Pedro Bordaberry
• Baltasar Brum
• Lorenzo Carnelli
• Juan Lindolfo Cuestas
• José Eugenio Ellauri
• Hugo Fernández Faingold
• Venancio Flores
• Emilio Frugoni
• Reinaldo Gargano
• Julio César Grauert
• Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz
• Luis Alberto de Herrera
• Luis Alberto Lacalle
• Juan Antonio Lavalleja
• Aparicio Méndez
• Rafael Michelini
• Zelmar Michelini
• Martha Montaner (1955–2016), deputy and senator
• José Mujica
• Rodolfo Nin Novoa
• Didier Opertti Badan
• Manuel Oribe
• Jorge Pacheco Areco
• Susana Pintos (1939–1968), martyred student activist
• Fructuoso Rivera
• Julio María Sanguinetti
• Aparicio Saravia
• Raúl Sendic
• Joaquín Suárez
• Gabriel Terra
• Tabaré Vázquez
• Feliciano Viera

Religious leaders

See also: List of Uruguayan Roman Catholic clerics.

• Gonzalo Aemilius
• Antonio María Barbieri
• Pablo Galimberti
• José Benito Lamas
• Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga
• Juan Francisco Larrobla
• José Benito Monterroso
• Francisca Rubatto
• Juan Luis Segundo
• Mariano Soler
• Jacinto Vera

Writers

See main article: List of Uruguayan writers.

• Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
• Francisco Acuña de Figueroa
• Delmira Agustini
• Pilar Barrios
• Mario Benedetti
• Amanda Berenguer
• Ruben Cotelo
• Juana de Ibarbourou
• Eduardo Galeano
• Marosa di Giorgio
• Julio Herrera y Reissig
• Jorge Majfud
• Eduardo Milán
• Juan Carlos Mondragón
• Juan Carlos Onetti, Cervantes Prize winner^[2]
• Emilio Oribe
• Cristina Peri Rossi
• Manuel Pérez y Curis
• Horacio Quiroga
• José Enrique Rodó
• María Herminia Sabbia y Oribe
• Florencio Sánchez
• Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
• Idea Vilariño
• Javier de Viana
• Juan Zorrilla de San Martín

Film directors and screenwriters

• Fede Álvarez
• Valeria Puig
• Juan Pablo Rebella
• Pablo Stoll
• Rodo Sayagues

Public figures

• Irma Avegno (1881–1913), businesswoman
• Roberto Canessa
• Mariana Mota, judge
• Nando Parrado
• Gustavo Zerbino

Indigenous people

• María Micaëla Guyunusa
• Laureano Tacuavé Martínez

Engineers and architects

See also: List of Uruguayan architects.

• Eladio Dieste
• Gonzalo Frasca
• Roman Fresnedo Siri
• Carlos Ott

Educators

• Enriqueta Compte y Riqué (1866–1949), educational theorist
• María Stagnero de Munar (1856–1922), educational reformer and feminist
• Pablo Román Pérez Torres, Uruguayan translator and lecturer^[3]

Journalists

• Susana Andrade (born 1963) – attorney, journalist, columnist, politician
• Clara Berenbau (1980–2013) – presenter, announcer, columnist, actress, writer, and journalist
• Dolores Castillo (1920-1991) – journalist, philosophy professor, and trade union activist
• Jorge Gestoso Spanish-language television host and President of GTN, Gestoso Television News
• Pedro Sevcec Spanish-language television news anchor for U.S. network Telemundo

Composers

• Miguel del Aguila – (Grammy nominated classical composer)
• Jorge Drexler Academy Award-winning song composer (The Motorcycle Diaries)
• Gerardo Matos Rodríguez composer of the tango La Cumparsita
• Guido Santórsola
• Alfredo Zitarrosa

Scientists

• Beatriz Álvarez Sanna (born 1968), biochemist
• Rodrigo Arocena
• Teresita de Barbieri, feminist sociologist, academic, and researcher
• José L. Duomarco
• Erna Frins (born 1960), physicist
• Rodolfo Gambini
• Gaston Gonnet
• Esmeralda Mallada (born 1937), astronomer
• José Luis Massera
• Mariana Meerhoff (born 1975), researcher, professor, and biologist
• Mario Wschebor

Sports

Football

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• Sebastián Abreu ("El Loco Abreu") football player, member of national team
• José Andrade former football player and member of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
• Felipe Avenatti former football player
• Julio César Benítez Amodeo Uruguayan football player, played seven seasons with Barcelona from 1961 to his sudden death in 1968
• Edinson Cavani football player, member of national team and Manchester United
• Héctor Codevila footballer
• César Falletti football player, forward
• Diego Forlán former football player, member of national team
• Enzo Francescoli former football player, member of national team
• Alcides Ghiggia former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
• Diego Godín football player, member of national team and Cagliari
• Wilson Graniolatti former football player
• Carlos Grossmüller former football player
• John Harley played with C.U.R.C.C./Peñarol from 1909 until his retirement from football in 1920
• Luis Jonne former football player, member of national team
• Gary Kagelmacher football player, defender
• Marcelo Lipatin football player, forward (Trofense)^[4]
• Diego Lugano former football player, member of national team
• Francisco Majewski former football player
• Juan Masnik former football player
• Ladislao Mazurkiewicz former football player
• Hugo Modernell football player
• Paolo Montero former football player, member of the national team
• Fernando Muslera football player, member of national team and Galatasaray
• José Nasazzi former football player, captain of the 1930 FIFA World Cup-winning team
• Álvaro Recoba football player, member of the national team
• Pedro Rocha former football player, member of the national team
• Hugo Rivero former football player^[5]
• Diego Rossi football player, forward
• Juan Schiaffino former football player, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup-winning team
  • Luis Suárez football player, member of national team and Atlético Madrid Obdulio Varela former football player, captain of the 1950 World Cup-winning team
• Matías Vitkieviez former football player
• Gerardo Vonder former football player

Others

• Celia Barboza (born 1977) – surfing champion
• Esteban Batista first Uruguayan to play in the National Basketball Association
• Alfredo Evangelista boxer
• José María Flores Burlón boxer
• Marcel Felder (born 1984) tennis player
• Emiliano Lasa, track and field athlete, Olympic finalist^[6]
• Oscar Moglia Olympic medal-winning basketball player
• Andy Ram (born 1980) – Uruguay-born Israeli tennis player
• Uriel Trocki (born 1996) Uruguayan-Israeli basketball player for national team and in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Milton Wynants Olympic silver medal-winning cyclist

Economists

• Azucena Arbeleche (born 1970)economist, professor, and civil servant
• Arturo C. Porzecanski Wall Street economist and university professor

See also

• Lists of people by nationality

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 77th Academy Awards 2005 . Oscars.org . 6 March 2021.
2. Web site: Cervantes Prize . Encyclopaedia Britannica . 6 March 2021.
3. Web site: March 22, 2023 . Interview mit Übersetzer und Dolmetscher - Pablo Román Pérez Torres .
4. News: Or . Spunder . he:מכבי תל אביב פנתה רשמית למרסלו ליפאטין . http://www.one.co.il/Article/119226.html . One.co.il . 5 July 2008 . 5 July 2008 . Hebrew .
5. Web site: Hugo Rivero . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG . 16 April 2024 . en.
6. Web site: Long Jump, Men . Olympedia . 6 March 2021.